homonym

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English

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Etymology

homo- + -onym

Noun

homonym (plural homonyms)

1. (semantics) (strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.
2. (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).
3. (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

Usage notes

• Homonyms are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
  • die and dye (homophones but not homographs)
  • the fish fluke and fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore, in every sense, homonyms)
  • the metal lead and the verb lead (homographs but not homophones)

Related terms

• homonymic
• homonymous

Translations

word with the same sound or spelling but different meaning

Catalan: homònim m. and n. Chinese: trad. 同音異義詞, simpl. 同音异义词 (pinyin: tóngyīn yìyì), trad. 同音詞, simpl. 同音词 (pinyin: tóngyīncí) Croatian: homonim (hr) m. Czech: homonymum (cs) n. Dutch: homoniem (nl) n. Esperanto: homonimo (eo) Finnish: homonymia (fi) French: homonyme (fr) m. and n. German: Homonym (de) n. Greek: ομώνυμο (el) n.

Ido: homonimo (io) Japanese: 同音異義語 (ja) (dōon igigo), 同音語 (ja) (dōongo) Korean: 동음 이의어 (同音異義語, dong-um ei-uei-eo) Manx: co-ennym (gv) m. Polish: homonim (pl) m. Romanian: omonim (ro) m. Russian: омоним (ru) (omónim) m. Spanish: homónimo (es) m. and n. Swedish: homonym (sv) c.

See also

A Venn diagram showing the relationship between these -nyms.

Different Meanings

Nym	Sound	Spelling	Category
homonym	same	same
heteronym	different	same	(cat)
homograph	not specified	same
homophone	same	different	(cat)
heterophone	different	different

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Swedish

Noun

homonym c.

1. homonym

Declension

Declension of homonym

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	homonym	homonymen	homonymer	homonymerna
genitive	homonyms	homonymens	homonymers	homonymernas